Musical toy



April 20,1926.

' J. A. STAHLE MUSICAL TOY Filed Jail l, 1925' \nvBn' OT John A.sTah| Aflys.

Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES JOHN A. sTAHLE, or .BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

' MusIGAn TOY.

Application filed January 21, 1925. Serial No. 3,712.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. STAHLE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Musical Toys, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a. specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to a musical toy and has for one of its objects to provide an improved toy of this nature which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, which is easily manipulated and by which a whistling or other musical sound may be produced.

In order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claim.

Fig. 1 is a side view of a toy embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view with one of the belt or cord is held taut. This gives the porwhistling elements shown in section.

Fig. 3 shows a modification.

The device comprises a frame or support 1 which is adapted to be held in one hand and on which is rotatably mounted a soundproducing member indicated generally at 2.

This sound-producing member may have any construction by which a whistling or some other desired sound will be produced when it is rotated.

In the particular construction shown this member comprises a holder .3 which is mounted on a shaft 4 and which carries two whistle devices 5 that are arranged so that when the device rotates in the direction of the arrow Fig. 2 a whistling noise will be produced. This, however, is only a form which the sound-producing member may assume and the invention is not necessarily limited to this particular form of sound-producing device as any device which will produce a musical or other sound when 1t is rotated may be used if desired.

The shaft 4 is shown as journalled in one end of the frame or holder 1 and in the construction herein shown the end of the frame is forked as shown at 6 and the shaft is journalled in the arms of the fork, the memher 2 being received between the arms.

The shaft has fast thereon a pulle 7 about which is wound an actuating cor or belt 8. This, belt alsoj passes around a guide member which is secured to the opposite end of the frame and which may be in any desired form. In Figs. 1 and 2 this guide is in the form of a pulley 9 which is loosely mounted on a stud 10 that is secured to the frame or holder 1. In Fig. 3 the guide is shown in the form of a. screw eye 14 which is screwed into and extends laterally from the lower end of the holder 1.

The cord or belt 8 is of such a length that it fits loosely around the pulley 7 and guide 9 as shown by the dotted line in Fig. 2.

The cord 8 has fixed to it a ull device 11 which is adapted to be gripped 12 of the person operating the evioe.

In using the device the operator will hold the frame 1 in one hand, said frame being provided with the hand hole portion 13 for this purpose, and the operator will then grasp the pull device 11 with the other hand. The pull device will be drawn outwardly to tighten the belt as shown in full lines Fig. 2 and then the pull device is moved downwardly with a quick movement while the tion of the belt or cord to which the pull is attached a. downward movement and will serve to rotate the shaft 4 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2. When the operator has carried the pull down adjacent the guide 9 then he moves his hand inwardly close to the frame with the result that the cord 8 willbe slackened as shown in dotted lines Fig. 2. The operator then lifts the pull back toward the upper end of the frame as shown by the letter B and during this movement the loosened cord will slip over the pulley 7.

The rotative movement which is given to the member 2 is suflicient so that it will continue to rotate by its own momentum when the cord or belt 8 is slackened as shown in dotted lines, and during such rotation'the operator will carry the pull 11 upwardly toward the upper end of the frame and will then draw the pull outwardly to tighten the belt and give it a quick downward movement thereby giving the member 2 another rotative impulse.

The cord is slack enough when it is in the dotted line position so that the backward or upward movement of the pull andthe resultant backward movement of the belt or cord does not apply any appreciable drag or braking action on the pulley 7 If desired the cord 8 may be wound about the fingers the pulley once or twice so that a better grip Will be afforded when the member 2 is being given its rotative impulse.

I claim.

In a musical toy, the combination with a frame or holder, of a rotative noise-making element journalled in the frame, a pulley rigid With the noise-making member, a guide carried by the :trame a cord or belt passing loosely around the pulley and guide and a pull device secured to the cord, Whereby the noise-making member may be rotated by drawing the pull device laterally to tighten the cord and then moving it away from the pulley, said cord when slackened permitting the noise-making member to rotate by its own momentum.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification. I

JOHN A. STAH-LE. 

